Documents
Higher Education’s Connection with the Labour Market
We are very happy to present our third publication on the topic “Higher Education’s Connection with the Labour Market”. It is based on a workshop held on 13 June 2025 on the same topic. In the spirit of collaboration and commitment, we would like to recognize and express our gratitude to all CEENQA member organizations for their active participation in this year’s General Assembly and workshop.
The publication contains the following contributions:
Linking higher education and the labour market – reflections on the Eurograduate 2022 survey
Interview with Kai Mühleck, German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW)
Higher education – key driving force of national and European competitiveness
Mislav Balković, Algebra Bernays University
Anticipating skills for a smarter future: The role of OSKA in developing higher education in Estonia
Yngve Rosenblad, Estonian Qualifications Authority
From Bologna tools to employer trust: Enhancing the information provision and transparency of micro-credentials
Aleksandra Zhivkovikj, The European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR)
Students at the center: stabilizing QA in the European landscape
Tamara Ciobanu, The European Students Union (ESU)
Panel on higher education and its connection with the labour market
Yuliia Bleshmudt, Olgun Çiçek, Marcus Ehasoo, Andrej Krček, Kristi Raudmäe
Exploring Cross-Border Cooperation
We are very happy to present our third publication on the topic “Exploring Cross-Border Cooperation”. It is based on a workshop held on 17 May 2024 on the same topic. In the spirit of collaboration and commitment, we would like to recognize and express our gratitude to all CEENQA member organizations for their active participation in this year’s General Assembly and workshop.
The publication contains the following contributions:
Internationalization, Quality Assurance and Accreditation: Some Critical Reflections for the Future
Hans De Wit, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College & Elspeth Jones, Leeds Beckett University
Recognition of Foreign Qualifications: Promoting the Mobility of Students and Professionals
Maggie Feng, University Wittenborg
The Main Prospects for the Development of Georgia’s Higher Education Quality Assurance System
Lasha Margishvili, National Centre for Educational Quality Enhancement (NCEQE)
Impact of International Accreditation on the Internationalization Strategy of Indonesian Higher Education Institutions
Viktoria Dermanowski & Diane Freiberger, Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA)
TKTA’s Mission and Vision Through the Reflections on 2024 Ceenqa General Assembly
Tural Ahmadov, The Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (TKTA)
People and Culture in QA Agencies
We are very happy to present our second publication on the topic “People and Culture in QA Agencies”. It is based on a workshop held on 2 June 2023 on the same topic. We hope that this publication will help CEENQA members reflect on the various aspects of HR management, as well as inspire you to engage in an exchange of good practice with colleagues and enhance HR management policies and practices in your home agencies.
The publication contains the following contributions:
Core values of higher education: The role of value satisfaction in QA capacity building
Susanna Karakhanyan, INQAAHE
QA perspectives, human resources and the ESG
Melinda Szabo, EQAR
Developments in human resources management in quality assurance agencies
Vesna Dodiković-Jurković, Mina Đorđević, ASHE
Human resources development at the Slovenian quality assurance agency for higher education
Mateja Bajuk Malešič, Nataša Kramar, NAKVIS
Development of digital competence of QA staff
Liia Lauri, HAKA
Digitalization of quality assurance in Ukraine
Nataliia Stukalo, NAQA
Independence of Quality Assurance Agencies
We are very happy to present our publication on the topic “Independence of Quality Assurance Agencies”. It is based on a workshop held on 23 September 2022 on the same topic and reflects on the question of independence from various perspectives, both from the inside and outside of QA agencies.
The publication contains the following contributions:
Independence in the public sector
Franci Demšar, Director of NAKVIS, Slovenia
University Autonomy in Europe: the EUA Scorecard
Interview with Enora Bennetot Pruvot, European University Association
Agencies, independence and their relationship with the ESG
Interview with Douglas Blackstock, President of ENQA
Measuring independence and accountability of QA agencies: Europe and Latin America compared
Jacint Jordana, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Challenging formal and actual independence of QA agencies
Maja Milas, NAKVIS, Slovenia
CEENQA Guidelines for Distance Evaluation
Due to Covid-19, all quality assurance agencies in higher education had to drastically change their mode of operations in 2020. Physical on-site visits were replaced by virtual audits, which brought about new challenges and necessitated creative solutions. Based on more than one year of experience with such procedures and intensive discussions between member agencies, CEENQA has adopted Guidelines for Distance Evaluation in order to put together good practices and to support quality assurance agencies with further improving their procedures.
